Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Boerhavia diffusa
Boerhavia diffusa L.
Red Spiderling
Nyctaginaceae (Four O'clock Family)
USDA Symbol: BODI3USDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Boerhaavia duffusa
Scarlet Spiderling
Nyctaginaceae
Location: Along corral fence, SE of walking path behind Thornhurst Street houses, Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Sunny, dry alluvial soil.
Description: Perennial herb from stout, woody root. Stems-many, ascending, to 10 dm long. Leaves opposite, sub-orbicular to oval, to 28 mm long x 15 mm.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Oct 12, 1994
Specimen number: 707
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1120
Accession Date: Feb 28, 1998
Accession Number: 104
Annotations: SXFRB (In fruit) [=B. coccinea]